Minds and Hearts: The Story of James Otis Jr. and Mercy Otis Warren

by Jeffrey H. Hacker

Book Overview

As a firebrand attorney and political agitator, James Otis Jr. helped to shape colonial resistance in the decades leading up to the American Revolution, establishing individual rights and "no taxation without representation" as cornerstones of the patriot cause. After his violent coffeehouse altercation and bouts with mental illness, his younger sister, Mercy Otis Warren, took up his cause. Her incendiary plays and poems rallied colonial opinion in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625345747
• ISBN13: 9781625345745
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Bright Leaf
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.4"